Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Saturday said 34,000 metric tonnes of Russian Fertiliser meant for Nigeria was stuck at EU ports.
According to Russian News Agency, TASS, Mr Lavrov speaking to reporters at the 78th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York, said 260,000 metric tonnes of Russian fertilisers have been stranded in EU ports since 2022.
“But we are ready to give these fertilisers to African countries for free. It took six months to deliver the first batch of 20,000 tonnes to Malawi, and another three months to take another 30,000 tonnes to Kenya,” TASS quoted him as saying, adding that “we also have 34,000 tonnes for Nigeria, but have so far been unable to send it.”
The 34,000 metric tonnes is the equivalent of 34 million kilogrammes or 680,000 units of 50kg bags of fertiliser.
Earlier, speaking in Burundi in May, Mr Lavrov announced that Russia would send the fertiliser to Nigeria after it had sent to Kenya and Malawi.
